Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
My word: Believer
Root: Believe
Meaning: To have confidence or faith in the truth of (a positive story, assertion, etc); give credence to.
Related words: Unbeliever, believing, believe, disbelief, unbelievable
My word: Inventor
Root: Invent
Meaning: To originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
Related words: Reinvent, invent, inventing, inventory, invention
My word: Librarian
Root: Liber
Meaning: Free
Related Words: liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance, Library
My word: Believer
Root: Believe
Meaning: To have confidence or faith in the truth of (a positive story, assertion, etc); give credence to.
Related words: Unbeliever, believing, believe, disbelief, unbelievable
My word: Inventor
Root: Invent
Meaning: To originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
Related words: Reinvent, invent, inventing, inventory, invention
My word: Librarian
Root: Liber
Meaning: Free
Related Words: liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance, Library